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SUNY Oswego faculty concert to feature romantic songs

November 14, 2014 Contributor

SUNY Oswego music faculty vocalists will harmonize in a Focus on Faculty series concert featuring songs of romantic masters Franz Schubert and Robert Schumann at 3 p.m. Nov. 23, in Sheldon Hall ballroom. Tenor Todd Graber and soprano Mihoko Tsutsumi, with piano accompanist Juan La Manna, also of the college’s music faculty, will perform selected songs of Austrian composer Schubert and two song cycles by Schumann, a German romantic composer.

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Longwood Jazz Project – Under The Moon November 14th

November 14, 2014 Site Administrator

Sandra Scott Travels: Walk Along The Historic Underground Railroad

November 7, 2014 Contributor

There were several reasons John and I wanted to visit Niagara Falls USA. First of all, we wanted to see Johnny Mathis at the Seneca Niagara Casino. When people hear the word “casino” they think of gambling and rightly so. But, there is so much more to today’s casinos. The other reason we wanted to visit the Falls area was to visit Niagara University and the Castellani Art Museum to check out its Underground Railroad display called “Freedom Crossing.”

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Riff Raff (Jesse Lessner, left), Columbia (Clarissa Bawarski, front center) and Magenta (Amanda Joseph, right) support the grand entrance of Dr. Frank N. Furter (Josh Dobbin), the proprietor of a house of horrors that greets innocent newlyweds on a dark and stormy night in "The Rocky Horror Show," the SUNY Oswego music and theatre departments' production running Fridays and Saturdays through Nov. 14 and 15.

‘Rocky Horror’ character Frank-ly makes case for comfort in one’s skin

November 4, 2014 Contributor

The SUNY Oswego music and theatre departments welcome to the stage the cross-dressing scientist Dr. Frank N. Furter in “The Rocky Horror Show,” which runs 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays through Nov. 14 and 15 in the Hewitt Union ballroom. The bawdy horror-comedy dealing with sexual themes is recommended for mature audiences only.

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Sandra Scott Travels: Wine Trail A treat For The Taste Buds

October 31, 2014 Contributor

John and I like to break up our road trips by stopping at new places. On our way to visit family in Ohio, we had a wonderful stay at The Lodge at Geneva-on-the-Lake. Yes, there is more than one Geneva-on-the-Lake. The one in Ohio is part of Geneva State Park where there is picnicking, camping, cabins, boating, trails, swimming, fishing and more. The lodge is a beautiful resort with rooms that have great views of Lake Erie. The first day we were there it was rainy and the lake was kicking up but the next morning the water calmed, the sun came out, and it was beautiful.

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Jekyll, Hyde Open Oct. 31

October 29, 2014 Contributor

Made famous in the story by Robert Louis Stevenson, the thriller will premier on Halloween on the stage of the Frances Marion Brown Theater in the Arts Center at Fort Ontario.

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SUNY Oswego faculty member and concert pianist Robert Auler will present a recital, "Reinventions," at 3 p.m. Nov. 9, in Sheldon Hall ballroom.

Auler to play works of Bach, Gershwin, colleague in Nov. 9 recital

October 28, 2014 Contributor

Accomplished concert pianist Robert Auler of SUNY Oswego’s music department will present “Reinventions,” a Focus on Faculty Series recital at 3 p.m. Nov. 9, in Sheldon Hall ballroom. For each piece, Auler either will play a different version from the original or comment in new ways on existing source material or inspiration.

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Plenty of spirits linger around Fort Ontario's cemetery.

Sandra Scott Travels: It’s The Season To Take In A Haunting – Or Two

October 24, 2014 Contributor

The Rolling Hills Asylum in East Bethany is a sprawling brick building built in 1827 as The Genesee County Poor Farm and in the 1950s it was a county home and infirmary. Over the years, people reported strange occurrences of the paranormal kind. It was declared the “Second Most Haunted Place in the United States” by Haunted North America and has been featured on many TV shows. Forts are often places with hauntings and Fort Ontario is no exception.

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‘Rocky Horror’ happening

October 24, 2014 Contributor

Starting on Halloween night, SUNY Oswego’s theatre and music departments will present six stagings of the classic campy musical comedy “The Rocky Horror Show.” Curtain time will be 7:30 p.m. on three Fridays and Saturdays — Oct. 31 and Nov. 1, Nov. 7 and 8, and Nov. 14 and 15 — in the college’s Hewitt Union ballroom. The performance is suggested for ages 16 and over.

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Sybarite 5, a string quintet known to play Radiohead and Led Zeppelin as well as the classics, will perform at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 29, in Sheldon Hall ballroom as part of the college's Ke-Nekt Chamber Music Series.

Sybarite 5 to perform repertoire from Radiohead to Mozart at SUNY Oswego

October 22, 2014 Contributor

String quintet Sybarite 5 will bring its eras-bridging style to SUNY Oswego at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 29, at Sheldon Hall ballroom as part of the Ke-Nekt Chamber Music Series. The group has taken audiences by storm across the U.S., helping change the perception of chamber music performance, event organizers said. Critics say that from the moment their bows hit the strings, this quintet of talented, diverse musicians takes the audience on an exciting ride that engages the senses and redefines the rules.

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